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Tracking Tulips: Schedule

Summer:

September: Introduce the projects to students
October: Introduce Wiki to students and work on student biographies

Fall

October:
  • Review tulip bulb anatomy
  • Measure and record bulb's size in centimeters (top to bottom)
  • Record bulb size on teachers data record
  • Review Planting Guide
  • Individual students their tulip bulb
  • Record air temperature, soil temperature, soil depth, hours of daylight at time
  • Begin daily/monthly data monitoring
November:
  • Students complete and post biographies
  • Read other students biographies
  • Brainstorm research topics for studying tulips
  • Student Research on possible topics that will help predict and record data on tulips
  • Introduce Edmodo and get all students registerd to discuss ideas (Beginning question: I thought tulips come up in the spring, why did we need to plant them in the fall?)
December:
  • Post Research Topics/Projects
  • Form Student Groups
  • Schedule Skype between Schools
  • Data Collection Update

Winter


December/January:
  • Edmodo - Class discussion board updates
  • Data Collection update
  • Skype
  • Create Group Wiki Pages on Research Topics
February:
  • Edmodo - Class discussion board updates
  • Data Collection update
  • Wiki Page Check in #1
March:
  • Edmodo - Class discussion board updates
  • Data Collection update
  • Wiki Page Check in #2

Spring